gee whiz
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Alteration of Jesus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]- (US, dated) An expression of surprise, enthusiasm, or annoyance: wow or so what?
- You only got 10% in the test. Gee whiz – you'll get over it.
- 1905, Lloyd Osbourne, Baby Bullet: The Bubble of Destiny, page 116:
- When people would get off they always gasped out: 'Gee whiz, what a horse! Gee whiz, did you ever see anything like that! '
- 1959 April 23, “Beaver's Newspaper”, in Leave It to Beaver, season 2, episode 30 (television production), spoken by Theodore Cleaver (Jerry Mathers):
- Gee whiz, how do people have fun when they're married and have a family?
- 1979, Walter Breen, The Darkover Concordance:
- That's the way I feel now; I just wrote the novels and made up the languages, and gee whiz, they make sense!
Adjective
[edit]- (informal) Very good, impressive.
- These are some gee-whiz photographs.